#given

I really believe that what I do as an actress is my God-given talent. This is my calling, not my career. ↗

— Angela Bassett

#believe #calling #career #god-given #god-given talent

I like cast iron coated with enamel for longevity and forgiveness if I happen to take my eyes off the prize while pouring Chianti. ↗

— Mario Batali

#eyes #forgiveness #happen #i #iron

The city and province were given up to anarchy; the coloured people, elated with victory, proclaimed the slaughter of all whites, except the English, French, and American residents. ↗

— Henry Walter Bates

#anarchy #city #coloured #elated #english

Every time an Oscar is given out, an agent gets his wings. ↗

— Kathy Bates

#every #every time #gets #given #his

A major difficulty is that the answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx is partly a product of the answers that we already have given to the riddle in its various forms. ↗

— Gregory Bateson

#answer #answers #difficulty #forms #given

Anything that is worth doing has been done frequently. Things hitherto undone should be given, I suspect, a wide berth. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#been #doing #done #frequently #given

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#against #another #another way #burned #cancelled

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#feel #give #given #giving #then

If George W. Bush is given a second term, and retains a Republican Congress and a compliant federal judiciary, he and his allies are likely to embark on a campaign of political retribution the likes of which we haven't seen since Richard Nixon. ↗

— Paul Begala

#bush #campaign #compliant #congress #embark

Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself. ↗

— Alexander Graham Bell

#credit #developments #discoveries #due #feel